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Clear out

verb

Move out and leave nothing behind.

Clear out the chest and lungs. Synonyms: drive out, expectorate.

Empty completely. Synonym: clean out.

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"Clear out" Quotes from Famous Books

... first time. I knew that journey was trying on any one's appearance at any time of the year, and after twenty-five years to be thrust into view covered with alkali dust and with one's hat on awry would be too much for feminine patience; so I pointed out to Bishey that he'd better clear out and let Miss Em'ly rest a bit before he showed up. ...

— Letters of a Woman Homesteader • Elinore Pruitt Stewart

... decided this morning to clear out a little the hot-spring and its ducts running to the gardens, in order to give the flow of water more room. Some old people say their fathers cleaned it out, and the water ran more abundantly; the deeper their fathers dug the well, the more the water gushed out. Others are opposed to the ...

— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson

... been clear out to the Pacific. I've seen the town of Tacoma, where you've got five lots. I shall write out to a friend in Portland to buy me as many. Then we shall both ...

— Chester Rand - or The New Path to Fortune • Horatio Alger, Jr

... "Clear out, an' leave me to take to my heels, an' I'll call it square," he shouted, hoarsely. "But, if ye try to fight, then don't blame me for anything that happens to ye. I won't go to jail, I tell ye! ...

— The Submarine Boys on Duty - Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat • Victor G. Durham

... two hours. I told him everything I knew; and then he began to ask questions, and I told him the rest. All I asked of him was to give me a chance. If I couldn't make a hit with the little lady, I'd clear out, and not bother any more. At ...

— Options • O. Henry

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